Hello to all,
New to Ecomodder. Enjoyed what I've read. Great stuff.
My old dehumidifier isn't cutting it.
New dehumidifiers are now judged by Liters per Kwh.
Time for a test.
Before I went to spend new money, I decided to test my old one.
So I ran 3 different tests.
It ran for 2 hours with a Kill a Watt meter attached.
Drained it after a wait. And measured the water with an old kitchen measuring bowl.
Results were averaged. In basement.
2.04 Kwh
1.37 liters=
.67 L/Kwh
(liters / Kwh)
Now the new dehumidifiers are rated in L/Kwh.
See attached link:
downloads.energystar.gov/bi/qplist/dehumid_prod_list.pdf
I chose a 1.6L/Kwh 50 pint GE unit. It was a great price. Although a 1.8L/Kwh is a better unit. The extra $50 didn't seem worth it.
And the payback is kinda small .
What was interesting was that the difference of basement cooler temperatures had on output.
While the new GE was averaging 1.56- 1.6 L/Kwh upstairs in warmer temps.
In the basement it was reduced to 1.38. Still, At least a double.
I'm now testing downstairs at different fan speeds. To get max out of it.
But, So far it's much much dryer and hopefully cheaper.
